[Ubuntu] [hardy] openoffice.org-math missing in gnome-app-installer and not installed with OpenOffice Writer

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I am having a hard time determining whether or not openoffice.org-math is part of the default install. It seems to me that openoffice.org-math is one of the packages that openoffice.org depends on. Could you check and see if it is installed via 'dpkg -l openoffice.org-math'? Thanks in advance.

According to packages.ubuntu.com, openoffice.org depends on -math and other packages. I just needed Writer, Calc and Presenter, and not the other packages, and incidentally I didn't know there was a metapackage.

This could actually be considered a bug in gnome-app-installer (GAI), because GAI offers four seperate OOo packages (Writer, Calc, Draw, Presenter) but not the metapackage. So if you install OOo via GAI you do not get the chance to install OOO Math. You do get it (IIRC) on a default install, but if for some reason you have to reinstall, there is no way to get it without resorting to the shell.

IMHO this now boils down to whether the Equation Editor should be considered a vital part of OpenOffice.org, even if you install only parts of OOo. Pro arguments:
+ It's small (just one Mb, which translates to less than 1/10 cent at current harddisk prices)
+ It's selected by default in Microsoft Office, even if you install only parts (eg. Word), so MS Office users might expect it

Resolution suggestion:
- have the big four (Writer, Calc, Presenter, Draw) depend on OOo-Math, or
- show OOo-math in GAI

Thanks! :)

Jens

Add/Remove... shows the openoffice.org metapackage these days, which partly addresses this (but only partly).

It looks like adding "Categories=Application;Office;Math" to ooo-math.desktop (compare Categories in the other .desktop files) would fix this, and I think it would be fairly reasonable. Targetting to hardy.

If you want to test the .desktop file change, you need to:

 * edit /usr/share/app-install/desktop/ooo-math.desktop, not any other copy (app-install-data has its own copies of .desktop files, generated automatically);
 * run 'sudo update-app-install' before starting g-a-i

This bug was fixed in the package openoffice.org - 1:2.4.0-3ubuntu1

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openoffice.org (1:2.4.0-3ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  [ Chris Cheney ]
  * Resynchronise with Debian (r1044). Remaining changes:
    - debian/broffice.org.postrm.in:
      . Change diversions to ubuntu bitmap filenames.
    - debian/broffice.org.preinst.in:
      . Change diversions to ubuntu bitmap filenames.
    - debian/control.in:
      . Change maintainer line.
      . Use imagemagick instead of graphicsmagick.
      . Change bzr repo location.
      . Add package openoffice.org-style-human.
      . Add replaces openoffice.org-gtk (<< 2.0.3-1) for openoffice.org-gnome
        dapper upgrade.
    - debian/control.l10n.in:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/control.lang.in:
      . Add L10N_COMMON to Depends.
    - debian/control.mozilla.in:
      . Add Xb-Npp-xxx tags according to "firefox distro add-on suport" spec.
    - debian/control.ubuntu-feisty.in:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/deppackage.postinst.in:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/module-po.map:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/ooo-build-ubuntu.diff:
      . Various Ubuntu specific changes to ooo-build.
    - debian/openoffice.org-base.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-calc.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-draw.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-filter-binfilter.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-impress.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-math.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-writer.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/rules:
      . Add BUILD_SPARC option.
      . Add USE_COMMON_DOCDIR option.
      . Add USE_LZMA_COMPRESS option.
      . Add support to build on lpia.
      . Add support to build l10n as a separate source.
      . Add support to chmod +x programs in debian dir.
      . Add support to uuencode binary files in ubuntu dir.
      . Add support for Ubuntu specific bitmaps.
      . Add support for openoffice.org-style-human package.
      . Add support for launchpad translations.
      . Update location of aotcompile.py file.
      . Use imagemagick instead of graphicsmagick.
      . Use openjdk-6-jre instead of icedtea-java7-jre. Closes LP: #203636
      . Various Ubuntu specific changes.
    - debian/scripts/convert2po:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/scripts/fix_image_rgb:
      . Use imagemagick instead of graphicsmagick.
    - debian/scripts/gsifilter.py:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/scripts/splitgsi:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/template.desktop.in:
      . Add NoDisplay=true.
  * Resynchronise with ooo-build (r12081).
    - Closes LP: #54776, #62256, #105906, #113358, #131272, #137469, #138252
      Closes LP: #148552, #154940, #160988, #175983, #194759, #197451, #197622
  * ubuntu/*:
    - Update splash screen for OOo 2.4. Closes LP: #199193
    - Various Ubuntu specific changes.

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * ubuntu/lpi2gsi: Add templates and conversion scripts to generate
    ...